Canadian orgs say no to U.S. forced starvation of, & threats of war against Cuba… Why doesn’t the Canadian government?
We say “NO” to U.S. threats of war on Cuba. Why doesn’t the Canadian government?
https://commonfrontiers.ca/canadian-civil-society-organizations-say-no-to-the-war-on-cuba/
The unlawful U.S. fuel blockade is inflicting mass suffering on the people of Cuba, violating their rights to life and health. Now, the Trump administration is threatening military attack. We raise our voices with millions of people in Canada and around the world who say “NO” to this injustice.
We urgently call on Prime Minister Mark Carney to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cuba, cornerstone rights of all states under international law. Canada must:
Publicly oppose and work to stop a U.S. military intervention in Cuba
Speak out forcefully against unlawful U.S. coercive measures to withhold fuel and starve the Cuban people
Work more determinedly with the United Nations and other countries to get fuel and other life-sustaining supplies to Cuba without delay
Organizations
Alongside Hope, Alternatives, Americas Policy Group (APG), Anglican Church of Canada, Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI), Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network (ARSN), British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Centre International de Solidarité Ouvrière (CISO) CoDevelopment Canada, Comité de solidarité Trois-Rivières, Comité pour les droits humains en Amérique latine (CDHAL), Common Frontiers, KAIROS, National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D), Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Solidarité Laurentides Amérique centrale (SLAM), The Council of Canadians, The Presbyterian Church of Canada, Unifor, The United Church of Canada, United Steelworkers (USW), World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), World Beyond War
Background
From the Mallory Memo, 1960, to today: U.S. has tried to overthrow Cuban government through violence, hunger, hardship, desperation
https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/mallory-memo-1960-to-today
On April 6, 1960, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Lester Mallory published a memo, titled “The Decline and Fall of Castro”, that says:
“The only foreseeable means of alienating internal support is through disenchantment and disaffection based on economic dissatisfaction and hardship.” “[The goal is] to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation, and overthrow of government.”
Rights Action recommends this podcast: Trump’s war on Cuba: Crisis made in the USA (Under the Shadow, by Michael Fox, March 5, 2026)
More info / Get involved
Belly of the Beast Cuba: https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/
Cuban Americans for Cuba: https://cubanamericansforcuba.org/
Canada Network on Cuba: https://canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/
Canadian Foreign Policy Institute: www.foreignpolicy.ca
Alliance for Global Justice: www.afgj.org
CODEPINK: www.codepink.org
Change media sources
Rights Action urges folks to diversify news sources as an antidote to the oftentimes propagandistic reporting coming from government and corporate media in the U.S. and Canada. Gray Zone, Democracy Now, DropSite News, Real News Network, CounterPunch, Intercept, Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Breach, rabble.ca, Orinoco Tribune, Al Jazeera News (coverage of Palestine)